The Red Fairy Book
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PREFACE THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES THE PRINCESS MAYBLOSSOM SORIA MORIA CASTLE THE DEATH OF KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS THE BLACK THIEF AND KNIGHT OF THE GLEN. THE MASTER THIEF BROTHER AND SISTER PRINCESS ROSETTE THE ENCHANTED PIG THE NORKA THE WONDERFUL BIRCH JACK AND THE BEANSTALK THE LITTLE GOOD MOUSE GRACIOSA AND PERCINET THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND THE VOICE OF DEATH THE SIX SILLIES KARI WOODENGOWN DRAKESTAIL…
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- AuthorUnknown
- SourceProject Gutenberg #540
- Length123,083 words · 8h 12m of reading
- Chapters53
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
53 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01PREFACE
- 02THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
- 03THE PRINCESS MAYBLOSSOM
- 04SORIA MORIA CASTLE
- 05THE DEATH OF KOSHCHEI THE DEATHLESS
- 06THE MASTER THIEF
- 07BROTHER AND SISTER
- 08PRINCESS ROSETTE
- 09But the answer was always, ‘No, no.’
- 10THE ENCHANTED PIG
- 11THE NORKA
- 12THE WONDERFUL BIRCH
- 13JACK SELLS THE COW
- 14WONDERFUL GROWTH OF THE BEANSTALK
- 15THE LITTLE GOOD MOUSE
- 16GRACIOSA AND PERCINET
- 17THE THREE PRINCESSES OF WHITELAND
- 18THE VOICE OF DEATH
- 19THE SIX SILLIES
- 20KARI WOODENGOWN
- 21DRAKESTAIL
- 22He strikes with the knocker: ‘Toc! toc!’
- 23THE RATCATCHER
- 24THE TRUE HISTORY OF LITTLE GOLDEN HOOD
- 25THE GOLDEN BRANCH
- 26THE THREE DWARFS
- 27DAPPLEGRIM
- 28THE ENCHANTED CANARY
- 29IX
- 30XI
- 31XII
- 32XIII
- 33XIV
- 34XV
- 35XVI
- 36THE TWELVE BROTHERS
- 37RAPUNZEL
- 38THE NETTLE SPINNER
- 39II
- 40III
- 41IV
- 42VI
- 43VII
- 44VIII
- 45FARMER WEATHERBEARD
- 46MOTHER HOLLE
- 47MINNIKIN
- 48BUSHY BRIDE
- 49SNOWDROP
- 50THE GOLDEN GOOSE
- 51THE SEVEN FOALS
- 52THE MARVELLOUS MUSICIAN
- 53THE STORY OF SIGURD
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